Shelli Nicole, Author at Autostraddle

Shelli Nicole

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photo of a hand, fingernails painted red. A ring cigar holder is on one finger and it is holding a pink and gold cigarette.

Society + Culture

Come Vibe With Me: Attention Please

Jenny and Gabrielle pose for a photo in Union Square in A New York Christmas Wedding

My Coming Out As Told Through The Outfits In “A New York Christmas Wedding”

A photography of pink and red pillows across a bed, with the sunlight coming across in pink streaks out of the top right corner.

Society + Culture

Come Vibe With Me: Sittin’ Up in My Room

A soft photo of pink roses in a bouquet. The filter is styled to look like an old school film photo.

Society + Culture

Come Vibe with Me: Show Your Homies You Care

"Sex and the City" plays on Shell's laptop in her kitchen, which has a pink countertop.

Society + Culture

Come Vibe With Me: You Can Meditate and Still Be Mad

Elle Lorraine and Lena Waithe in Bad Hair

Film

Hulu’s “Bad Hair” Skewers Racist Beauty Standards in a Film That’s Half Horror, Half Satire

Society + Culture

Come Vibe With Me: Singing Our Own Praises

First Person

Treat Your Gorgeous Ass to a Spa Day

A stylized photograph of Shelli's living room to look like it was taken with a polaroid camera in the 1990s. "Hocus Pocus" is playing on the television.

Society + Culture

Come Vibe With Me: Sunday Cozy Sunday

series of three illustrations of anthropomorphized sex toys - a musician clit ring, a sexy enby Enby vibrator, and a confident, tattoo'd boxer harness and dildo kit.

Sex + Relationships

Take Me Home Tonight: Which Wet for Her Toy Are You Swiping Right On?

A collage of three iPhone screens, side-by-side, against a pastel Orange background. Everything feels neat, serene, and calm.

The Scene

Hear Me Out, Extreme iPhone Minimalism Should Be the New Gay Agenda

Still from the short film Tender by Felicia Pride. Two Black women are sitting on a couch, one of them is sitting cross-legged and smoking a joint, the other is at the edge of the couch speaking.

Film

Find Yourself In The Black Femme Supremacy Film Festival

a triptych featuring three queer people in sexy situations - frame one is a girl laying back with her arms behind her head and a book on her chest, frame two is a person on their knees, holding up a puzzle piece with their butt in the air, frame 3 is two hands with painted fingernails, one of the hands has on a finger extender

Sex + Relationships

Love After Lockdown: 7 Hot Dates to Make Things IRL with Your Pandemic Crush Post-Quarantine

Sam Jay on stage in her Netflix stand-up special 3: In The Morning

Television

Sam Jay’s Netflix Stand-Up Special Is Half Hilarious, Half Disappointing

A collage of three TV shows from Shelli's list. Left to Right: Daria and Jodie from Daria, Denise and Jaleesa and Maggie from Different World, and Samantha from Bewitched.

Television

My Top 10 Television Shows: Shelli Nicole, a Babe Who Loves Brits, Naughty Bits, and Witches

You Need to Listen to Bad Queers Podcast, Trust Us

Music

8 Music and Crystal Pairings To Celebrate Taurus Season

Fashion/Style

What I Wore to Say Thank You

Television

You Already Like These Shows, You Just Don’t Know It Yet

Fashion/Style

What I Wore to Daydream

These Videos Are 100% Guaranteed To Make You Smile

Fashion/Style

What I Wore to Bed

Fashion/Style

What I Wore to Sunday School

Fashion/Style

What I Wore to Study Hall

Fashion/Style

What I Wore With the Lost Lesbians

Ooooohhhh, I Wanna Lex You Up!

Sex + Relationships

Sex Scenes I Used to Click My Mouse to in My Dorm Room

Television

I Love Fran on “Shrill” Because I Love Myself

First Person

Me and You, My Mama and Her Hot Comb Too

A+

Cafe Au Hey! Is A Hot New A+ Member Meetup

Sex + Relationships

I Tried These Smart Sex Toys and All I Got Was All This Data about My Orgasms

Straddleverse

It’s January 3, Do You Remember What You Did On NYE?

The Summer Ari Lennox Saved Me

Comedy

I’m Just Here To Hype Up The Tiny TikTok Lezzies

Comedy

I’m Trying to F*ck These Restaurants So HML and Let’s Get To It

DIY / Crafting / Food / Home

A Fly Girl’s Guide to Squeezing Life Out of Fall’s Last Days

Music

15 Horny Songs from My Youth I Thought I’d Have Sex to by Now

Sally On The Happiest Seasoning "This is exactly the level of passion I was hoping to see! Re: bay leaves, I understand you must be…"

Rachel On Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2020: Presents Produce Serotonin, Right? RIGHT??? "ok this is super helpful thank you! was it the no. 3?"

Anna Dobson On The Happiest Seasoning "I come here in defence of bay leaves. Bay leaves, like fresh sage, turn a plain thing that is plain…"

Anne On A Letter to My Ex on the Occasion of The Danish Girl’s 5th Anniversary "Yes! I am in a similar situation and I cried at this part because it’s so true and so well…"

Archie On Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2020: Presents Produce Serotonin, Right? RIGHT??? "I tried it on my hair before I colored it and on my recently bleached n fried hair and didn’t…"

Kristana On The Happiest Seasoning "What about thyme? I ask because thyme goes by so slowly, and thyme can do so much."

Heliotrope On The Happiest Seasoning "When I’m not feeling well, if I have any, I eat a raw clove of garlic or two. I don’t…"

Sally On The Happiest Seasoning "I do love cardamom in applications both sweet and savoury! I often take a shortcut and use pre-ground powder when…"